https://flic.kr/p/KcAPGh | Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1945 | After the War ended in August of '45, GE only had three and half months to re-tool it's factories and manufacture Christmas Lamps for Christmas 1945. Christmas Light production was shut down in the Spring of 1942 to focus resources on essential war related products. This ad reassures readers that GE is back in full swing but the supplies would be very limited. They ran a variation of this add in '46 and '47 as the demand…

Giraffe Street Lamp is a very cute self-sustaining swing design that provides illumination at night. It harnesses kinetic energy each time you swing and as a double back up, utilizes the solar panel hood to soak some more energy goodness. It’s a very clever design that interweaves play and eco sense into the urban environment. Something that our future generation may as well get used to!